Memorial cross for Probationary Flight Officer Francis Titcomb (the Swinsty Cross) is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 2018. A C20 Memorial.
Memorial cross for Probationary Flight Officer Francis Titcomb (the Swinsty Cross)
- WRENN ID
- broken-rood-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial cross for Probationary Flight Officer Francis Titcomb (the Swinsty Cross), C750m South-West of Dowson Garth, Castle Hill, in Moor, Egton Bridge, North Yorkshire, YO22 5AS
- OS grid reference
- NZ 808 033
- Coordinates
- 54.4191, -0.75552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Egton stone memorial, known as the Swinsty Cross, is a Grade II-listed structure located on Castle Hill, overlooking Egton Bridge to the north and Beck Hole to the east. It is situated approximately 600 meters east of two Grade II-listed waymarkers along the Stape to Egton Road and Stape to Grosmont Road. The memorial takes the form of a cross, which is said to be inspired by a wayside cross near Vittel in the Vosges, France.
The design features a blind wheel-head cross with the figure of Christ crucified, which rises from the stepped capital of a tapering column that is square in plan. The base of the column is a cube, with raised panels carved on three sides. The front panel contains the only inscription, which reads "KF/ 1929." The cross is set on a stone base that has a slightly projecting cornice at the front only, and this base is mounted on a square platform.
Local climate
Memorial cross for Probationary Flight Officer Francis Titcomb (the Swinsty Cross) receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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